Character Creation for Trogdor

[Trogdor]

@Arthur

Dibbelt will take care of that.

Good man, Dibbelt.

@Arthur

Do you wait for an answer before travelling to Fengheld? If so, what do you do in the meantime?

Doing otherwise would seem presumptuous. And I don't want to get off on the wrong foot with them.

Best thing to do would be to read the Herbam tractatus and visit with his family while he waits. There's not much that can be done without a proper library or a lab.

[Trogdor]

Konrad will present himself for inspection at Fengheld as soon as he can reasonably get there. (Taking what direction from redcaps that he needs.)

[Arthur]

You can go ahead and create a topic for your magus' stats, like the others did. You can find the template in the House Rules topic.

[Arthur]

@Arthur

You can go ahead and create a topic for your magus' stats, like the others did. You can find the template in the House Rules topic.

Bump

[Trogdor]

Sorry, my vacation put that on the back burner. I'll get working on it.

[Arthur]

@Trogdor

OOC2: You've dropped the efficacy of a PVS and the general availability of vis from what is considered 'standard' in the published sources. Does this change at all the expected fee for a peregrinator? Yes, Konrad has a PVS. But it only gets him 2 vis/year, while Guardians of the Forest says a peregrinator must pay 3 vis a year. He wouldn't be able to keep that up for long. It might be better to take a season of service instead. That would also have the advantage of showing the magi of Fengheld what Konrad could do.

OOC3: As for the PVS, it's corpus, so I want it related to the human body. I was thinking that somewhere in his apprenticeship there was a magical accident (perhaps the one where he was trying to save his sister and BIL). During that accident, Konrad was changed. A lock of his hair turned white and became infused with Copus vis. Now, twice a year (after it's grown long enough) he can cut that lock and gain a point of Corpus vis from it each time. (Of course he'd want to transfer that vis to another receptacle as soon as possible, since its an AC to him. But that could still potentially be a plot hook some day.)

Moving this here as it concerns character creation rather than the story.

Where did I specify the yield of the personal vis source? Was it in the other saga? Can't remember specifying it here, so we can still adjust it a little bit. I can easily see bumping it up to 3 pawns per year, perhaps even 4.

If it was something that had surfaced before his apprenticeship, as a manifestation of his Gift, then this would tie up nicely with his first master's behaviour towards Konrad -- he was losing a vis source more than an apprentice, after all.

He would probably have spent his apprenticeship with his hair being regularly shorn by his masters, as well, to prevent him from accidentally (or not so accidentally) using that vis himself. That would also add to his anger at not being allowed to use vis to heal his relatives, considering that he himself had produced enough to heal them in previous years.

[Trogdor]

@Arthur

Where did I specify the yield of the personal vis source? Was it in the other saga? Can't remember specifying it here, so we can still adjust it a little bit. I can easily see bumping it up to 3 pawns per year, perhaps even 4.

It was in the other saga. Just let me know what it's value is here and I'll plan accordingly.

@Arthur

If it was something that had surfaced before his apprenticeship, as a manifestation of his Gift, then this would tie up nicely with his first master's behaviour towards Konrad -- he was losing a vis source more than an apprentice, after all.

He would probably have spent his apprenticeship with his hair being regularly shorn by his masters, as well, to prevent him from accidentally (or not so accidentally) using that vis himself. That would also add to his anger at not being allowed to use vis to heal his relatives, considering that he himself had produced enough to heal them in previous years.

I like that.

[Arthur]

Let's go with 3 pawns per year for now, then. I can always boost it to 4 pawns later on if we see that it isn't enough.

[Arthur]

@Trogdor

Year 1, End of Summer: Arrives at the covenant and makes a trip (story Chasing a Tale). 5 xp in Folk Ken
Year 1, Fall: Setting up his lab. 2 xp in Magic Theory
Year 1, Winter: Setting up his lab. 2 xp in Magic Theory

Year 2, Spring: Studying Causa et Cura. 16 xp in Medicine (including Book Learner)
Year 2, Summer: Disappearance of the Baltrum and resulting story. 5 xp in Intellego
Year 2, Fall: Study A Comparative Exploration of the Four Realms and How They Interact With Our Arts. 12 xp in Vim (including Book Learner)

I'm not sure exactly what years these were to coordinate with the entry into the new saga.

The current year is 1208. You arrive at Fengheld during spring.